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founders

NOUN

person who establishes an institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

architect author benefactor builder creator designer inventor organizer patron planner

STRONG

beginner constructor framer generator initiator maker originator

WEAK

establisher forebearer institutor prime mover

Antonyms

STRONGEST

opponent

VERB

go under, fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort break down fall through stumble

STRONG

collapse fall lurch miscarry misfire sink sprawl stagger submerge submerse trip

WEAK

be lost come to nothing go down go lame go to bottom

Antonyms

STRONG

increase rise

WEAK

accomplish achieve succeed

Example Sentences

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An IPO solves that problem, giving founders, employees, and other private shareholders an opportunity to sell shares at will.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Google and Facebook both put in place supervoting shares before they went public, granting their founders a level of outsized control.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Lawyers for the other two founders didn’t respond to inquiries regarding intended appeals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

For Exquadrum’s gray-haired founders, the business and political realities that helped a startup like Mach amass a $200 million war chest in three years are a new phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In addition to being a practicing physician, he had been one of the founders of the Youth League, an active participant in the Defiance Campaign, and the treasurer of the ANC.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela